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Thunder - An open-source cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android built with Flutter
https://thunderapp.dev
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Customizable colors for post elements #79

Open machinaeZER0 opened 1 year ago

machinaeZER0 commented 1 year ago

One small thing I appreciate about Jerboa/Boost for Reddit/even the Lemmy web client is that the community name is listed on a given post with a pop of color - I think this is would be a good thing to add to Thunder at some point! In addition to being visually pleasing, it also reinforces that the community name is a clickable element that goes somewhere specific. Screenshot_20230625-083633 (Side note - I actually love that Thunder doesn't show community icons, especially in compact view - my Thunder feeds look so clean!)

machinaeZER0 commented 1 year ago

In some apps I believe the color used for that element can be customized - preeeetty sure in Jerboa it's using my system accent color/Jerboa theme color, though the blue makes sense either way in my brain since I'm used to links on the web generally being a shade of blue?

micahmo commented 11 months ago

Hey @machinaeZER0, after a few weeks of iterating on the design of Thunder, is this still something you want? I remember we tried colors for subscribed communities and it barely stood out. Just wondering if you still want this. 😊

machinaeZER0 commented 11 months ago

I think it would be helpful, especially as we continue to add more information to posts (even if that information can be toggled off). I think community name is a good candidate for text that could be themed with our accent color to help it stand out a bit (but not too much). Also feels like it would be nice to add another dash of themed color to the feed, as right now the accent color doesn't show up too prominently (at least in dark modes). What are your thoughts?

machinaeZER0 commented 9 months ago

This is how Boost lets you customize your feed colors, which I've always thought was quite intuitive:

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I'm a big fan of the example at the top which live previews your custom colors!

Kommynct commented 4 months ago

I find that especially in the compact view, some of the metadata information being colorized would be very helpful, especially the name of the community is very visually confusing to parse. Even just changing the community name would tell my eyes where to go to see the other two things surrounding it.

micahmo commented 3 months ago

I believe this is at least partly solved by #1227.